Romsey, named after the small town near Southampton which is now becoming part of the ever expanding City. The tug/ passenger tender for the Alexandra Towing Company was launched from Ferguson's on January 20th 1930.

A date for your diary; Saturday 23 March 10 till 4 at the Queens Hall Dunoon the PSPS Scottish Branch Golden Jubilee Day focusing on the Society's promotion of Waverley since 1969. Publicity of those early days wll feature archive film of Waverley and Kingswear Castle. Dunoon will also be displayed ...

The model is at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre at Nitshill in Glasgow where the models are stored when not on display. There are regular tours where they can be viewed.The next one is on 27th November. These can be booked on line at the GMRC site https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/special-inter...

Iain Quinn will be giving a special presentation of Clyde Steamers at War at 2pm on November 4th at Blairmore Pier Village Hall as part of the end of WW1 commemoration.
Free entry. Tea coffee and home baking available for donations and steamer postcards, books etc on sale as well.

In Partick recently, October 2018 looking at the former D&W Henderson shipyard site now being built on noticed the building in front of the main high rise edifices in similar shape to the old shipyard office building. Is this someone with a sense of history bringing the past back?

Clyde Shiplovers and Coastal Cruising Association syllabuses for 2018-2019. All welcome to the meetings as always.
The CSS October meeting is confirmed as George Gardner showing slides from the late Robin Wilson's collection.

A happier shot of Jubilee 45637 WINDWARD ISLANDS which was tragically destroyed in the horrific triple accident at Harrow and Wealdstone on October 8th 1952 which was commemorated as always on the station platform at the memorial plaque.

Escort Carrier HMS CAMPANIA was completed at Belfast in 1944 originally to have been a general cargo ship for Port Line. In 1951 she was converted to be the Festival of Britain's exhibition ship, touring the country's ports with a civilian crew as the Festival Ship Campania to supplement the main ex...

Argentinian registered Shell tanker built at Belfast in 1949. She suffered a fire & explosion at San Lorenzo on February 18th 1967 when loading petrol which claimed 9 lives. Finally scrapped in June 1968.
Photo courtesy John Winters' collection, Cape Town.

Cutting of a forlorn Polar Star after the accident near Didcot in November 1956 which I was instrumental in the removal of smoke defector handrails from initially the Western Region Brits. The 10 coach excursion train from Treherbert to Paddington which 70026 was heading was derailed at Milton, betw...

The first of Stanier's Jubilee Class of 4-6-0s introduced to the LMS in 1934. 191 were eventually built. She was withdrawn from BR as 45552 in September 1964 being cut up at Cashmore's yard at Great Bridge in 1965.

Britannia 70040 CLIVE OF INDIA which was my first Britannia at Liverpool Street in 1960 after a dash up the platform as she was leaving light for Stratford! Three years later it was deja vu as I chased a Britannia up Platform 11 at Glasgow Central to find it was 70040 now a Carlisle Kingmoor loco......

Can't remember the numbers of these two EE Type 4s on the Royal Train conveying the President (?) of Russia Mr Kosygin to Glasgow in 1967 coming out of Pollokshaws Loop after I assume an overnight stop for breakfast etc. The train was also remarkable that two polished up Standard 4 tanks were alloca...

Winter is approaching. This is the Syllabus for the World Ship Society's Firth of Clyde Branch PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS ---- WINTER 2018/2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2018 27th September FERGUSON MARINE ENGINEERING LTD John Morgan - director of Business ...

I love this shot of 92064 at I think Tyne Dock shed showing the bits and pieces lying around typically in a steam shed.
She was one of the batch adapted with air pumps for operating the ore hopper wagon doors on the Consett trains.

Ellerman Lines' passenger ship launched from Barclay Curle's on August 5th 1936. Tragically she was destined to have a short life of about 4 years before being torpedoed on September 17th 1940 west of Rockall on passage Liverpool for Quebec and Montreal. Only seven (or 13?) of the 90 children travel...

The General Steam Navigation Company's coastal cargo ship Starling launched from the Ailsa yard on August 12th 1930.
She served GSN for just short of 30 years and was broken up at Grays arriving on August 10th 1960.

Liberty Ship built at Wilmington in 1943 with the grand name of FURNIFOLD M.SIMMONS.
In 1947 she became ELLEN MAERSK then HADA COUNTY and as COMET she was broken up at Sakaide around December 1968.
John Winters' collection.

Emily Malcolm, Transport and Technology Curator at Riverside Museum will be hosting another Introduction to Ship Models Tour at the Resource Centre at Nitshill on Tuesday 28th at 2.30. If you have not been on one of these, well worth doing. Booking 0141 276 9300 or email GMRCbookings@glasgowlife.org...

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